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Lust doesn’t cut it, but whatever the best word for that raw, dirty, and instantaneous form of love is the only one that can describe how I felt the first time I saw a screenshot of Axiom Verge. The connection I have to it is primal and impales the core of why I play games. Axiom… Continue reading →

It wasn’t unique to 2015, but 2015 deserves some credit for reminding me just how fun it is to shoot stuff while hanging out with your friends. Helldivers is the game that woke me up to the fact that I actually had a friends list on the PS4. Before its release I was isolating myself with… Continue reading →

I feel like I’ve been here before, but I’ve never actually been here. When something as influential as Mad Max takes decades off, its fans are going to fill in the gaps. There’s something about playing the real deal though, and Max has taken so many lessons from other great action games that he manages… Continue reading →

Just drop me out in the world and I’m gonna explore. Give me a weapon and I’ll pick it up and use it on anything that attacks me. I will die a lot but I will figure things out. I will find your dungeons and I will meet your boss. I will be back. Faster… Continue reading →

I suppose I was asking for a challenge so I deserved the punch in the mouth that Curses ‘N Chaos dishes out right out of the gate. It’s pretty satisfying when you get back on your feet and punch back though. Just don’t rush me again, Grim Reaper, because after I figure this out I’m… Continue reading →

Imagine that you’ve spent your entire life training for something and then you learn that those skills could become absolutely useless? I’m not talking about Liberal Arts, but the well-respected act of English thievery. Ah, the grace of breaking-and-entering. The beauty of hacking a computer hooked directly into a bank account. The majesty of hitting a robot with a… Continue reading →

My war isn’t kind. As a matter of fact, it’s quite stressful and full of tough decisions. Like who gets to sleep in a bed or how many lockpicks I should make in a day because every damn door is locked. Did all of these interior doors get locked before the war began? Were the… Continue reading →

There sure are a lot of souls out there. Some dark, others titan, some that belong to a demon and now those that are… dungeon. I’m not sure why I want them for myself, but they do make me stronger. I need to get stronger to defeat all the minions inside the dungeon so I… Continue reading →

Why do all powerless space stations want to kill me? Just once I’d like to find a derelict space station that is preserving happiness for the next explorer that shows up. Maybe it’s that drive to find my happy place in the remote reaches of the universe that makes me want to risk my life on jumps… Continue reading →

While waiting on the PC patch for Arkham Knight, I take a break to revisit the Asylum. It has been a few years, but the memory of the signature Batman games still burns bright. How does it hold up? What has Arkham Knight improved upon, and what has it forgotten? How did Joker pull off… Continue reading →

It’s not often I get sent on a journey to battle the gods, but I’m not one to turn down a challenge. My city’s been ransacked and that’s gotten me a little upset, so it’s hard not to make rash decisions. Plus I have a lot of swords, spears and a sweet axe. Zeus, come at… Continue reading →

I kind of feel like a dick for how I’ve treated Arkham Knight. It has been subject to a lot of criticism from me throughout its development. That criticism comes from a positive place though. Arkham Asylum is one of my favorite games of all time, if not just my favorite superhero game. Stop and… Continue reading →